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So Many A Second is a visualization that gives a rough feeling for abstract numbers by creating a vertical flow of the events happening at a certain pace. The visualization doesn't focus on accuracy and isn't readable in the sense of giving a detailed view on statistical data but it provides a way too feel the amount rather than reading it.
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Melih Bilgil created a motion graphics video about the history of the internet using a very minimalistic visual approach to transfer the information. The animation is part of his diploma which consists of a pictorial language (PICOL), the here presented animation and the documentation thereof.
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An animation showing edits to the OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008. OpenStreetMap is a wiki-style map of the world and this animation displays a white flash each time a way is entered or updated. Some edits are a result of a physical local survey by a contributor with a GPS unit and taking notes, other edits are done remotely using aerial photography or out-of-copyright maps, and some are bulk imports of official data.
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